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"What shape or features do you think a didgeridoo should have so it can be used for 'traditional style' playing?"

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What shape or features do you think a didgeridoo should have so it can be used for 'traditional style' playing?

Andrew from Australia Dot painting and a bark finish to the bell
Anonymous Length is important. It should not have cracks or splits. holes should be filled. The hollow area should not be too big or small. I think shape can be bell or straight, even with it branching out.
Bradley from USA I believe a didge can be any shape for "traditional style" playing.
Brian from Canada I'm not sure
Brittany from USA I'm not entirely sure. I have never played the didgeridoo, but would love to learn someday.
Cody from USA Regular shape
Darren from Australia Don't Know
Dave Moore from USA ? I was under the impression that there is no shape that it "should" have. its up to nature to decide what it wants you to have. I personally enjoy didgeridoos that are very irregularly shaped with natural imperfections
Deana from USA Hollow and makes good resonance
Devorah Sugarman from Canada I don't know. I prefer a long belled out shape, but I'm not sure if there is any particular traditional shape.
Drew Grimes from USA A long tube and a natural or beeswax mouthpiece
Earl Tharp from USA No clue. I think it could be widely varied.
Edward Olson from USA I think it would be 3.5 to 4.5 feet long and have a slight bell at the sound end. It would have the rough interior to produce rich tones and overtones.
Flemming from Denmark The shape of a branch, decorated with a dream:-)
Gary Kendrick from USA Natural features with smaller size on blowing end and larger on exit end. Possibly a bell shape at the exit.
Graham from New Zealand Hollow, thin top, wide base, specific type of tree
Grayson Turner from USA Relatively straight with flare
Greg Thorn from United Kingdom Not to sure but I should think a good earthy note/key and also have a good back pressure as to be able to play for longer periods so players don't run out of breath and pass ut in the middle of a meditate meeting or something.
Anonymous from Australia A nice bell on the end
Anonymous from Australia A tube which is generally straight but can have a slight curve at the non mouth end. The inner diameter of the tube tends to increase towards the non mouth end. The length needs to be such that it cab be played.
Anonymous from Hungary It should be a tube with specific diameter with a bell shaped end and a beeswax or natural mouthpiece on the other end. It should have a specific wall thickness to create an acceptable sound.
Jeremy from USA I suppose it should be roughly 3 and one half feet to about five and a half feet long and about two to three inches wide? though surely I am poorly informed on the matter.
Jim from USA Made of naturally termite hollowed eucalyptus, narrower at the mouthpiece end
Anonymous The work of the termites is more important; all shapes work, though there are many tribes and each may have its preferences.
Anonymous Long and curved
Anonymous from Canada Long, wooden, and hollow
Josh from USA I know someone who makes Didjes from agave and yucca which are cacti flowering stalks from the midwest united states.
Anonymous One that plays well. I don't think the shape is as important as quality of play.
Kathy from USA Mostly straight, pipe shape.
Anonymous Just elongated and hallowed out.
Laura from USA A long fairly straight, but slightly tapered, barrel seems to be best, but I've seen illustrations that they can be made of PVC and coiled.
Levi from USA I believe it should have a slight curve to it, which represents the snake that carved out the rivers and gave to man the ability to create life in the world by the use of music.
Loren from USA Long and cylindrical
Lou from Australia Conical shape. mouth piece starting at about30 cm diameter large end 100 cm or wider length 1 to 2 meters
Mac from USA My preferences are for a larger didgeridoo with moderate backpressure and bright tone. the shape does not matter as much as the sound, but the style of didgeridoo should be more or less specific to the style of playing intended, such as a smaller or larger mouthpiece. it's really a matter of preference though.
Matthew from USA It should be hallowed by termites and should be made from eucalyptus trees
Michael from USA It should be handmade and not machine made, by a person who completely understands the tradition of the didj
Anonymous Well, I'm not an expert, but I play guitar, and I would imaging that the length and girth of the instrument are critical in determining the sound it would produce. I would also imagine that the bore of the tube, much like the chamber of an acoustic guitar, would affect the sound considerably. I'm not sure how bends and narrows would affect the sound. A trumpeted end would almost certainly amplify any sounds.
Mylene from Chile No creo que deba cambiar mucho, quizás sólo en el diseño decorativo.
Myroslav Makashov from USA Long Shape
Ossi from Finland I don't have a clue what's 'traditional style'.
Anonymous Any kind of shape
Paul from United Kingdom Bees wax mouth piece, bell and maybe slightly curved.
Pedro from Portugal Made with love
Ray from Australia In my experience the trad yidaki seems to by long with a medium bell. smallish mouth piece about 25mm and able to be played fast
Anonymous from USA It has to be hollow... longish?
Anonymous from USA Any shape as long as it has sound quality
Anonymous from USA Long
Rudi from Belgium ANIMAL PICTURE? MAN OR WEMAN
Sam from United Kingdom Straight and long (no flare)
Sean Jackson from USA Length, weight.
Shannon Svensson from USA Unknown, I listen for sound
Anonymous from Australia I don't know much about this but I think it should be a traditional didgeridoo.
Thomas from USA Skinnier at the top, wider at the bottom, with a slight curve to the didge overall so that it naturally wants to rest a certain way when played.
Tim Reinhartz from Austria It's so various I could not describe it
Tommy from USA Long slender
Anonymous Yidakis should have a tapered wood mouthpiece. Magos should have Australian beeswax. They should be excellent at producing vocals & resonance. They should be made for playing, not displaying.
Volney from USA Long and straight like a long cylinder

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